Drawings, sections of dentinal and Haversian systems by [W Wing]

Description

Plate 43, figures 1-5 showing transverse sections of teeth and dentinal systems from the Tamias lysteri [Tamias striatus; eastern chipmunk], the Orycteropus [Orycteropus afer; aardvark], the Labyrinthodon jaegeri [Mastodonsaurus giganteus], and the Lepus timidus [mountain hare], as well as the Haversian system of a stag's antler. There appear to be faint dates written in pencil next to each figure, all from January 1850. Inscribed with figure, publication, and plate details. Not signed.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the structure of the dental tissues of the order Rodentia' by John Tomes.

Received by the Royal Society on 19 February 1850. Read 30 May 1850.

Reference number

PT/75/4/3

Earliest possible date

01 January 1850

Physical description

Graphite on artists' paper

Page extent

1 page

Format

Drawing